Quote:
Originally Posted by Madison
There's certainly potential for a device like that to get you into trouble. A distinction should be made, however, between how a device operates and how it is used.
Edit -- I thought you linked to the same Q&A as Jon did -- https://frc-qa.usfirst.org/Question/...-of-g12-if-the, but you did not.
For what it's worth, the Q&A you've linked to here -- 166 -- has no bearing on the legality or function of a spinning blocker. |
Yes, there is a distinction between operation and usage, but I think the device under consideration would be constantly spinning (not necessarily under software control) to increase the effective volume. The way I read Q177 is that if you have a spin-able blocker and locate it in the path of the ball, it is legal as long as it is not moving (w.r.t robot) at the time of impact. If it is constantly spinning, it will launch (possess) the opponent's the ball and incur a foul at time of impact. Am I missing something?
That said, if the robot itself was in a death spiral and the blocker was not moving w.r.t the robot, that would be legal - as long as the robot is in constant contact with the goal.